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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Killings continue in Eswatini

    Protests die down, but killings continue in Eswatini

  2. Burundian rights defender freed

    The release of Germain Rukuki greeted by rights groups

  3. Eswatini on the brink

    Tensions remain high in Eswatini

  4. Zuma supporters regard jail term as ’unjust’

    South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma was given 15 months for contempt of court

  5. Tigray conflict: Rebel forces dismiss claim of tactical withdrawal from Mekelle

    Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed has insisted the army’s withdrawal was a tactical move

  6. Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

    Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed defends withdrawal from Tigrayan capital, Mekelle

  7. Ethiopia: TPLF says it will continue fighting in self-defence

    TPLF says it is now in charge of Tigray region and will act to defend local people

  8. Nigeria arrests Biafra separatist leader

    Nnamdi Kanu was arrested and extradited to Nigeria earlier this week

  9. Anti-monarchy protests in Eswatini

    Government forces use force to break anti-monarchy protests

  10. Ethiopian government declares ceasefire in the Tigray region

    The federal government has accepted a ceasefire according to the state broadcaster, EBC.

  11. South Africa: Tougher restrictions imposed to curb spread of coronavirus

    President Ramaphosa says current measures are not enough to cope with impact of Covid-19

  12. Eswatini: Police intervene at protest against monarchy

    The protestors want the right to vote for their own prime minister

  13. Namibia tightens Covid restrictions after surge in infection rate

    Namibia recorded its highest-ever daily number of Covid deaths on Wednesday

  14. Burkina Faso attackers identified as mostly young people

    Burkina Faso says children aged 12 to 14 were involved in an armed attack on a village

  15. Child soldiers carried out Burkina Faso massacre, says government

    More than 100 people were killed in the raid on a village in northeast Burkina Faso

  16. Congolese musician Tresor raises funds to help volcano victims

    Tresor Riziki has joined with UNHCR to help people left homeless by Mount Nyiragongo

  17. Ethiopia army: Combatants not civilians targeted in airstrike

    Ethiopia has denied that civilians were targeted or killed in Tuesday’s airstrike

  18. Ethiopia army denies targeting civilians in airstrike

    Dozens of people were reportedly killed or injured when the Tigray town of Togoga was hit

  19. Economic woes ahead of Zambia’s election

    Zambians go to the polls in August, with the economy a concern for voters

  20. Conflict stakeholders discuss Libya’s fate

    Delegates from the US, Russia, Turkey and France are present in Berlin

  21. Tigray: ‘Dozens killed’ in market air strike

    The air strike hit a market in the town of Togoga

  22. Tanzania scheme gives pregnant girls educational opportunity

    The scheme allows pregnant girls and young mothers to continue their studies

  23. Vote counting underway following Ethiopian elections

    Votes are being counted in Ethiopia’s parliamentary elections

  24. African countries face third Covid-19 wave

    The World Health Organisation has warned of a third Covid-19 wave on the continent

  25. Polls close in Ethiopia's elections

    The twice-delayed poll is PM Abiy Ahmed's first electoral test since coming to power

  26. Ethiopians vote in twice-delayed elections

    The Ethiopia election board extends voting hours after long queues in some areas

  27. Ethiopia votes in first electoral test for PM Abiy Ahmed

    The twice-delayed poll is PM Abiy Ahmed's first electoral test since coming to power

  28. Ethiopia holds election against backdrop of ethnic violence

    A special report from Ataye, which has been the scene of inter-ethnic fighting

  29. Cameroon: Plantation workers jailed for insulting President Biya

    Three workers have been imprisoned for a year for insulting the president

  30. Liberian rebel leader Kosiah convicted of war crimes

    Alieu Kosiah has been sentenced to 20 years by a Swiss court

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